The Red Wine Success

In most cases drinking is not going to be good for you in anyway, but red wine has some astounding attributes that doctors are saying "may be the cure against aging." That sounds almost too good to be true... an alcoholic beverage that is good for you.

Wine is made from fermented grapes; there are tons of vineyards all around the world. Every year around august the vineyards start smashing grapes and turning regular, boring old grape juice into sweet, delicious nutritious wine.

Interestingly enough the astounding health benefits only come from fermented grape juices not from regular unfermented juice. When the fruit juice starts to rot there is a change in the chemical structure and the forms a new substance within called resveratrol.

This resveratrol has been shown to do a lot of amazing things for the body specifically in the circulatory system. It attacks and lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) and it raises HDL (good cholesterol).

It also helps to prevent and disassociate blood clots. Despite these things the alcohol with thin your blood.

That may sound scary, but it is actually very beneficial for your organs and tissues. With thinner more flow-able blood it is easier for your heart to send it to all extremities of the body.

Quick lesson in the function of blood: blood carries oxygen and nutrients throughout our bodies, when we get the proper amount of oxygen and nutrients we feel better, look better, and well... are better. So the resveratrol in the wine will work synergistically with the alcohol for maximum benefits.

Take caution, this doesn't mean you should become a lush and drink all day. Treat it like a supplement if you want full benefits.

Any more than eight fluid ounces a day is too much and will start having negative impacts on your brain. Women should not drink more than four fluid ounces a day.

Being made from grapes it is also packed with flavonoids, some wines more than others. Darker red wines like your cabernet and pinot noir have a huge amount of flavonoids, where your lighter white wines like zinfandels have much less.

So when drinking wine to lower your cholesterol and help your heart, the things to keep in mind dark red wines, no more than two drinks a day (only one for women) and also drink with a meal. Drinking with a meal will help extract the lipids from the food.

On the other hand, drinking wine could raise triglycerides, so people with high triglycerides should not be drinking. Regular consumption of alcohol has also been linked to migraines.

Destry Masterson is a health and nutrition expert. She publishes articles for http://www.foodinsurance.com and recommends them for food storage. Contact Info: Destry Masterson - MyOnlineArticleWriting@gmail.com - Twitter: @DestryMasterson